That’s why when I saw a simple list of 20 Power foods to help you feel great by Amber Mackenzie I was impressed. Simple list, simple foods… here comes the new Super me!

From her new book SuperFoods for Super Me here is her list of 20 foods you can find in the supermarket.

1. Oats
2. Cabbage
3. Eggs
4. Chilli
5. Strawberries
6. Brown Rice
7. Kangaroo Meat
8. Apples
9. Tuna
10. Salmon
11. Apricots
12. Capsicum
13. Yogurt
14. Raspberries
15. Sweet Potato
16. Onions
17. Lemons and Limes
18. Bananas
19. Figs
20. Oysters

Mix some of these ingredients together and you’ll have a great healthy family meal.

This cause has a very special place in our hearts, as our Finance and Administration Manager, Leanne has beautiful step daughter with Cystic Fibrosis.

This event is now in its 5th year, being the premiere charity cycling and amateur criterium race on the Sunshine Coast, raising much needed funds for Cystic Fibrosis Queensland.

It will be held on the Eastbank Foreshore on the scenic Lake Kawana and will feature the Family Charity Cycle, Experienced Riders event along with a live broadcast from Hot 91 with many after event activities planned.  This is includes us!  We can’t wait to be there providing safe jumps for all the kids (and big kids!).

As I mentioned before the The Charity Cycle raises funds for Cystic Fibrosis Queensland – a not-for-profit organisation that provides emotional, financial and physical support to over 800 children and adults affected by cystic fibrosis, and their families. 

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life threatening genetic condition in Australia – and there is no cure.  Cystic Fibrosis Queensland receives limited funding from government, and relies on events like the ANZ Tour de Kawana Cystic Fibrosis Charity Cycle to raise the funds to continue providing support to families affected by CF. 

 We hope to see you all there! 

http://www.tourdekawana.com.au/About_The_Ride.html

As you know we are the recipient of a special commendation at the 2010 Consumer Protection Awards under the KidSafe WA category.

So we can’t wait to team up with the WA Department of Commerce to promote child safety at the Pregnancy Babies & Children’s expo on Friday 13^th to Sunday 15^th at Claremont Showgrounds

 We love Perth and we don’t get there as much as we would like so are giving you a chance to win a Springfree™ Trampoline for your home at the Consumer Protection expo stand e43.

The expo will have heaps on offer for parents and parents –to-be with expert advice and essential early childhood parenting tips and the latest product innovations related to pregnancy, babies, and children under the one roof.

There will be heaps of other cool activities and things to see including Dorothy the Dinosaur on stage, performing with Fairy Clare.

Springfree™ Trampoline Friends can download your free entry ticket here!

http://www.pbcexpo.com.au/perth-ticket/

For more details and opening times see http://www.pbcexpo.com.au/

We wanted to share a story that has struck a chord with us here at Springfree Trampoline.

We are supporting a fundraiser tomorrow for a young boy with degenerative Muscular Dystrophy named Tanner. We share this in hope others may be able to help – by getting involved or even sharing the story.

ABOUT TANNER

Tanner’s story is best told by his Aunt… please read Tanner’s story here: http://herbadmother.com/tanner/

A cure for Tanner’s muscular dystrophy will not be found in his life time, so tomorrow’s fundraiser is to help renovate the basement in Tanner’s home so he can spend the time he has left with family.

As Tanner’s condition worsens his needs will become more complex – something his single mom won’t be able to deal with, and could result in him being relocated to a specialist home.

Tanner’s aunt is trying to raise $25,000 to convert Tanner’s basement into a space that will allow him and his mom to fulfill this wish to stay at home.

ABOUT THE FUNDRAISER

We recently heard through our friend and social marketing expert Scott Stratten (@unmarketing) about his Fundraiser in support of Tanner. The “Tweetathon” (Scott will be broadcasting the fundraiser from Twitter), runs tomorrow Wednesday August 4th, will run for 12 hours until 9pm EST.

For every $10 donated you can have one entry into a prize raffle to win a huge range of prizes.  One of those prizes is a Springfree Trampoline from us.

Don’t worry, you don’t have to be on Twitter to get involved, you can find all the information right here: http://bit.ly/Tweetathon

WHY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IT

When we first read Tanner’s story we were amazed. We wanted to help straight away, no questions asked.

We enjoy making kids and their parents smile through our products. That’s why we wanted to get involved tomorrow in helping raise this money for Tanner and his family.

We want to help raise enough money to put a smile on a brave boy’s face – and hope by sharing we can make that happen.

The Article titled – Double Bouncing the Competition was in today’s Sunshine Coast Daily.

I’m not sure if it’s clever editing or what, but those kids get cook better than me! Now when I burn the chicken breast or make one very bland stir-fry I have to deal with, “Kids can cook better than you!”

How do they get so good so young?

According www.kids-cooking-activities.com, teaching kids to cook will help instill skills to last them a lifetime. Cooking can help boost their self esteem, create family time, build team skills and help kid’s appreciate to eat what they make.

When did you start teaching your kids to cook and what’s your favourite thing to cook together?

This excites me because I’m on a tough mission to make the safe trampoline cool, and yes, that’s a Springfree™ Trampoline.

A little bit of background, we’ve been chatting with a couple of super guys from South Africa, called the Brother’s Streep.

Introducing the Brother's Streep

Basically they’re comedy song writers – they wrote a hilarious song about Anna Paquin and even got to sing it to her on the BBC on The Graham Norton show. Definately worth a look!

I loved it so much, I gave them a call. We eventually ended up chatting about trampolines (safe Springfree™ ones of course), and Dylan, Simon and the rest of the boys wrote a trampoline song. We totally loved it, and decided to help them out by supporting their trip to the Edinburgh comedy festival. (They have just arrived in London, and we’ll of course show performing pictures).

We loved the trampoline song, but we were even more excited when the boys did a special Springfree version just for us! We should have it soon… but in the meantime we’re going to keep being excited that there’s an actual song, about  jumping on trampolines!

The guys will be performing The Trampoline Song as part of their set over the next couple of weeks – AND will have a Springfree™ Trampoline on stage when they’re singing it! Yeah!!

Go, jump on your trampoline!

We have a very international team here at the office with staff from all over the world working together to make the Springfree™ Trampoline as great as it is and I’m sure they or anyone who has left home will tell you every now and again the dreaded homesickness is bound to strike. It can often be the smallest thing that sets you off and in my case there is only one cure….FOOD!

Yesterday was one such day and my mind immediately wandered to thoughts of grilled chicken from my favourite restaurant back home and in particularly their delicious Peri-Peri sauce I would smother all over my plate. It never failed to disappoint.

I knew it was sold at my local supermarket so after I finished up at the office I headed off on a mission to stock up. It wasn’t long before I stood in front my beloved bottles of sauce on the shelf. Without hesitation I grabbed 2 and placed them in the basket with the rest of my groceries. As I rode the bus back to my apartment I was lost in a daydream of the little taste of home that awaited me.

What I didn’t expect to be waiting for me was the funniest coincidence I’ve experienced in a long time. Sitting outside my building was a car, not just any car but a car with this registration plate:

I just had to snap that picture on my phone. I was smiling all the way up on the elevator and better still, I didn’t feel homesick anymore.

As for my meal that night, it would be safe to say my plate was a little “2 SAUCY”.

Well to be completely honest I have never had that dream but it does sound good! Rather I have a re-occurring dream that I’ve have had since I can remember and continue to have.

Its sound weird but stick with me here… It involves me fishing at night alone as a little girl on a cracked black river bank.  An old red fibreglass boat drives past me when a fisherman on the boat cast’s his line directly at me.  (This is where it get’s really weird)  The ball that floats on the water (sort of like a red and white ping-pong ball) to show when a fish is hooked, gets stuck in my ear. (I warned you it was weird!) My dream then goes on to me at the hospital and getting it removed.

They say all dreams mean something and I’ve always been interested to find out the philosophy behind my strange dream.

Professor Drew Dawson from the Centre for Sleep Research at the University of South Australia said that dreaming could be a vital mental tool for sorting and filing information and discarding what’s not needed. 

Hmm… I wonder what’s important about a fish floaty in my ear. 

Anyway he also shares some other facts about dreaming that I find fascinating and wanted to share:

• Many think that dream sleeping also known as rapid eye movement sleep is the deepest stage of sleep, but it’s not.  The moments before the dream are when you’re in a nice deep sleep.
• The Brainwaves when you’re sleeping are similar to your brain waves when you’re awake.
• Some scientists believe dreaming is an evolutionary survival mechanism, designed to keep our brains alert.

Do you have any re-occurring dreams?  Or have you ever had your dreams analysed?

Source: Daily Telegraph

 But can we have it all? Experts warn us women that our body clocks are ticking and the older we get the harder it is to fall pregnant.

 Well thanks to a break-through in science, a simple blood test could tell women as young as 20 how long she has left to start a family.

Researcher Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani took blood samples from 266 women aged between 20 and 49 and measured levels of anti-Mullerian hormone or AMH (a chemical key to the maturation of a woman’s eggs).

He also obtained medical and lifestyle information of all the women and used it to link falling AMH levels to the women’s dwindling store of eggs to calculate when they would go through menopause.

 So far 63 women of those who took part have reached menopause and the predications have been accurate to within a four-month period.

If the testing continues to be reliable, it could lead to be a home testing kit, which could be brought at pharmacies.

Does this give you peace-of-mind that you could possibly have the ability to plan out your life based on your body clock?

Source: Courier Mail